Royal Dublin Fusiliers created.

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Fri, 07/01/1881

The Royal Dublin Fusiliers

The Secretary of State for War, Hugh Childers, restructured the infantry of the British Army in what was known as the Childers reforms of 1881. The 102 Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) and The 103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) were given Irish territorial titles under the restructuring and designated the 1st and 2nd battalions The Royal Dublin Fusiliers. The Home Depot was established at Naas, County Kildare and the Regiment also provided three Militia (reserve) battalions

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'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. His name was Duff. After all is over - and the remainder of the Empire is understandably irritated with Ireland - I hope these countless Duffs, from both the North and the South, and in all three services, will be remembered.
(Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44)

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